In Stellenbosch, one man got more than he bargained for when he returned home to find a highly venomous Cape Cobra curled ...

This spider, which originates from South America, has such a powerful venom that its bite can cause a long, painful erection ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Just a few innocent little acari, known as two-spotted spider mites with the elegant scientific name of Tetranychus urticae. Literally a couple of days ago I discovered this: Massive “spider ...

You have checked for pests like voles, aphids, spider mites and that does not appear to be the issue. Maybe the soil is the problem. If your soil pH is too acidic or too basic, your plants may not ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

was found at Boggabilla in New South Wales. It is the closest the parasite has been found to the Queensland border. An outbreak of the world's deadliest bee parasite, varroa destructor mite ...

Optimised final draft guidance published today recommends 12 SQ-HDM SLIT, also known as Acarizax and made by ALK-Abello, as an option for treating persistent moderate to severe house dust mite ...

Protest erupts in D.C. against Trump administration plans to spike global humanitarian aid ...

Five of South Africa’s best-known companies, MultiChoice, the SABC, Cell C, the SA Post Office, and Stefanutti Stocks, are technically insolvent. A company is technically insolvent when its ...

The Akademia Afrikaans-only university in South Africa is looking forward to a boom year in 2025. Having shown remarkable growth over the last decade and a half since its inception, there are new ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep ...